How to say “become” in 43 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
- 돼[twɛ] Korean
- बना/bə.nɑː/ Hindi
- έγινε/ˈejiˌne/ Greek
- נהיה/niˈhja/ Hebrew
- դառնալ/dɑrˈnɑl/ Armenian
- стати[ˈstate] Ukrainian
“become” in French: devenu · Italian: diventare · Portuguese: ficar · Korean: 돼 · Hindi: बना · Turkish: olduğunu · Greek: έγινε
It is commonest in Turkish, where olduğunu is the 41st most used word.
Become in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans word/vɔrt/ to become; to get #53
- Albanian bëra[ˈbəɾa] to have become #274
- Arabic تعرف/taʕarrafa/ to become acquainted, with, to meet #83
- Armenian դառնալ/dɑrˈnɑl/ to become; to turn into #682
- Basque bihurtu/biurtu/ to become, turn into #323
- Bengali হবে/hobe/ to be, to become; to come into existence #14
- Bosnian postati/pǒstati/ to become, turn, get #884
- Bulgarian стана[ˈstanɐ] to become #218
- Chinese 分手/fən⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ to part; to become separated #533
- Croatian postati/pǒstati/ to become, turn, get #798
- Danish bliver[ˈb̥liwˀɐ] to become; the latter is preferred with nouns… #82
- Dutch worden/ˈʋɔrdə(n)/ to become, to get, to grow, to turn #121
- English feel/ˈfiːl/ To become aware of through the skin; to use… #189
- Esperanto iĝos/ˈid͡ʒos/ to become #684
- Finnish selviää/ˈselvɪæː/ to become clear #1,449
- French devenu/də.v(ə).ny/ to become #876
- German kennenzulernen/ˈkɛnəntˌsuːlɐnən/ to get to know, become acquainted with; to… #1,936
- Greek έγινε/ˈejiˌne/ to become, turn into #190
- Hebrew נהיה/niˈhja/ to become, come to be #435
- Hindi बना/bə.nɑː/ to become #270
- Hungarian lett[ˈlɛtː] to become, get, turn into #202
- Icelandic verða[ˈvɛrða] to become #618
- Indonesian bangun/ˈbaŋun/ to become conscious after having slept #368
- Italian diventare/di.venˈta.re/ to become, to go, to turn #669
- Korean 돼[twɛ] to become #42
- Latvian kļūst/ˈkʎuːst/ to become #614
- Lithuanian tapo[²ˈtɑːpoː] to become, get; to turn into #465
- Macedonian станува[ˈstanuva] to become #489
- Malay menjadi/mənˈd͡ʒadi/ to become; to turn into #88
- Norwegian skitne/²ʃɪtːnə/ to become dirty; to get soiled #2,212
- Persian شد[ʃód̪̥] to become; a light verb used in a large… #42
- Portuguese ficar/fiˈka(ʁ)/ to become; to get; to end up #144
- Romanian devenit/ˌdeveˈnit/ to become #620
- Serbian postati/pǒstati/ to become, turn, get #923
- Slovak stať/stac/ to become #442
- Slovenian postati/pɔstàːti/ to become #578
- Spanish convirtió/ˌkombiɾˈtjo/ to turn into, to cause to become #2,372
- Swedish blir/ˈbliːr/ to become #97
- Tagalog maging/maˈɡiŋ/ to become #109
- Tamil முறை/mʊrɐɪ̯/ to become stiff, hard #127
- Turkish olduğunu/oɫduːˈnu/ to become, come to exist, come into being #41
- Ukrainian стати[ˈstate] to become #530
- Vietnamese đổi[ʔɗoj˧˩] to change become something different #322
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.